Butte College

Butte - Glenn Community College
Established	1967
Type	Public
President	Diana Van Der Ploeg
Location	Oroville, California, United States
Colors	Black & Gold
Mascot	Roadrunner
Affiliations	California Community Colleges system
Website	http://www.butte.edu

Butte - Glenn Community College is a community college located in northern California between the towns of Chico, Oroville and Paradise. Butte College is a fully accredited two-year institution with educational facilities in Chico and Orland, and classes are offered in most of the District’s communities. The College also offers online and televised courses.

In 1966, Butte County voters created a local community college district to serve the educational and vocational needs of citizens. In 1967, Butte College began by offering law enforcement, fire science, and vocational nursing classes in various locations throughout Butte County. When the College officially opened its doors to the community in 1968 at the old Durham High School site, it was predicted that 800 students would attend that first fall quarter. But to the surprise of all, over 1900 people enrolled at the new college. In 1974, the College moved from Durham to its present location near the geographic center of Butte County, and in 1975, Glenn County joined the District.

Butte College’s history is one of unprecedented growth. This growth stems from offering quality affordable educational courses ranging from basic skills to transfer courses to honors classes, and more than 50 diverse career education programs. Also significant to this growth is a faculty, staff, and administration focused on creating and fostering a culture of student-centered support and success.

The campus rests on a 928 acre wildlife refuge and was recognized as a national community college leader in sustainability as the grand prize winner of the 2008 National Wildlife Federation's Chill Out Contest: Campus Solutions to Global Warming. The college also won the 2009 National Campus Sustainability Leadership Award. The college hosts an annual sustainability conference each August to share best sustainable practices among colleges and business owners.

Butte College offers its students the largest transportation system in the California Community College system [1].

One of five solar array projects

Long an advocate of sustainability, Butte College has become (as of May 2009) the largest solarized campus in the state as nearly 45 percent of the campus is energized with solar power. Butte College's goal is to become carbon neutral by 2015.

Butte College is committed to maintaining national leadership in sustainability. Because Butte College operates as a small city it has a tradition of environmental stewardship. Butte College became more intentional about sustainability and as part of this effort they've made "Modeling Sustainability" one of the five initiatives in their Strategic Plan, signed the Talloires Declaration and the President's Climate Commitment, established a Board Policy on sustainability, and has become active members in a variety of sustainability-oriented organizations to include the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE).

Football

Butte College won the JC National and State Championships for the 2008 season undefeated. Butte College defeated Mt. San Antonio College of Southern California for the title.

Alumni

Contact

• Butte College Main Campus Address: 3536 Butte Campus Drive, Oroville CA 95965-8399
  • Main Campus Telephone Number: (530) 895-2511
• Glenn Center Campus Address: 604 E. Walker Street, Orland, CA 95963.
  • Glenn Center Telephone Number: (530) 865-9728
• Chico Center Campus Address: 2320 Forest Avenue Chico, CA 95927.
  • Chico Center Telephone Number: (530) 895-1352
• Butte College Foundation: 3536 Butte Campus Drive, Oroville, CA 95969
  • Foundation Telephone Number: (530) 895-2359

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Official Websites

• Official Website
• The Butte College Foundation
• Associated Students of Butte College
• The Butte College Catalog
• Schedule

External links

Other Websites

• Chico Wiki - Wiki for the community of Chico
• Oroville - Wiki for community of Oroville, CA
• Paradise - Wiki for community of Paradise, CA
• Orland - Wiki for community of Orland, CA